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Dubai Government Taps IBM for City-Wide Blockchain Pilot Push
The city of Dubai is getting closer to becoming the world's first blockchain-powered government.
In conversation with CoinDesk, Zeina El Kaissi – head of business development at Smart Dubai – detailed the city's plans for migration of official processes to blockchain systems.
Although the self-imposed deadline is not until 2020, El Kaissi is confident that some blockchain pilots will be operational as early as next year.
To this end, Smart Dubai has named IBM as its "blockchain strategic partner", while ethereum startup ConsenSys will be its blockchain city advisor.
Although the complexity of the project is daunting, the high level of technical expertise, combined with strong government support and relatively thin bureaucracy, could be enough to fast-track implementation.
How the 'Dole Stock Crisis' is Reigniting the Push for Blockchain The case of the "extra" 12m Dole shares (that the company didn't know existed) highlights the need for reform of the current system of stock issuance. CoinDesk spoke to some of the blockchain startup entrepreneurs working to make that happen. Read more.
Another Bitcoin ETF Deadline is Already Approaching The SEC is due to make a decision on SolidX's bitcoin ETF proposal by 30th March. Will they get the same outcome as the Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF proposal that was rejected last week? Read more.
Bitcoin Traders Weigh New Risks as Scaling Returns to Spotlight Bitmain – the operator of the world's largest mining pool – announced yesterday that it will switch to Bitcoin Unlimited, effectively voting for a larger block size. Analysts and traders have expressed concern that this could lead to a bitcoin hard fork. Read more.
CoinDesk Explainer: The Bitcoin Unlimited Debate What is Bitcoin Unlimited? Why is it controversial? Who's involved? Read more.
UK Government Eyes Blockchain Trials in New Digital Strategy Push The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has outlined a number of policy initiatives related to supporting digitization efforts in the manufacturing, healthcare and creative content sectors. Read more.
EU Draft Law Outlines Parliament Plan to Monitor Bitcoin Users In what seems like a significant step towards digital currency regulation, the proposed bill aims to allow EU financial watchdogs to collect more data, and at one point states that "digital currencies should not be anonymous". Read more.
Arizona Senate Shoots Down Blockchain Gun Tracking Bill Proposed legislation that would prohibit the tracking of firearms on a blockchain has hit a procedural block in the State Senate. Read more.
The Market Cap of All Crypto Assets is Up $4 Billion Since Friday While bitcoin's price swiftly recovered after the SEC's decision to not allow a bitcoin ETF, other cryptocurrencies have experienced even more significant price gains. Read more.
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